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The Reporter. (Akron, Ohio), 1980-06-28

The Reporter. (Akron, Ohio), 1980-06-28 page 1

Atao Suaait Count! NUiUnm h^H 3 0 t98fl_ A Ofkt In Cfkt Darkness An amari Winning ne*sp nptr - conarnej tni Mictt ti to At urfid tf tl JUNE U. 1>M IW-V ?. I WO Welcome to our 40th anniversary. I trust that that up to this point all ?f you have benefited from our program and are looking forward to the next phase. Although I find myself standing hero before you to make a speech. It Is not According to my grand design for this convention Those of you ' who know me, know how I hate to make speeches. I have many speeches,, bat don't like to because I always foal people don't rsally listen, especially us young folks. Anyway some of the publishers put the preesure on and said that as President of NNPA, I must say something. So, I am going to say something Though what 111 say, everyone may not like, but I hope they'll accept the merits of what I say. 1 need not remind any of you that these are crucial times, not solely for the survival of the black press, but equally the survival of this country. Our country'* leadership has railed miserably on domestic issues as well as on international issues The prospects of the future look even more bleak I am not standing here before you to give you a pruptiecy of doom. Just want to reacquuint you with reality. A reality that we, the representstfves of the black press, must take a more positive role in molding the future to sustain our survival. But before I give you my design for insuring the survival of the black press, let me^ake you back to our beginnings 40 short y?rs ago. The National Negro Publishers Association, as we called ourselves in those days, was founded here in Chicago at the Wabash YMCA on February 28, 1M0. 1 can never forget the date, because while I was calling the meeting together, I was called to the telephone and was told that my Uncle, Robert S Abbott, had Just puied , The late Anthony Overton, publisher of the Chicago Bee at my request, presided over the first session of the newly founded organization. I was,, of course, saddened by my uncle * death, but my grlof wak "mitigated by the intriguing prospect of the beginning of a new era of amity and unity in the black publisher's stormy history. My uncle had told me that it was impossible to get the Negro publishers, together in the same room. I had told him the day before of the meeting and the number of publishers who were attending the mocttng Henry Allen Boyd of Nash ville, Tenn. Publishing House was head of the only group of publishers at that time. He called a meeting of his group on the same dates at the Vincennes Hotel here in Chicago. Three publishers attended his Jafea H. Twifftfht meeting We had 41 I told you last year in Tulsa, Okla ., how prior to that time my uncle didn't speak to Robert L. Vann, Vun didn't apeak to Carl Murphy, and Murphy wouldn't spaak to C.B. Powell We have changed our name silica that time to National Newspaper Publlahers Aaaociation, became of changing time* and now we have added Black Preee of America. Have things changed that much? The answer to this question depends oo your own perspective To me, I am disturbed by the fact that the same worsening conditions of the negro at that time is preaent today. High unemployment of blacks, last hired, first fired, has not changed The same unions still discriminate. The motto that my uncle put in the Defender in 1M0: American Race Prejudice Must Be Destroyed," is still in the masthead of the petisudsr. Last yea; In Tulsa, I quoted from the Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall's warning to blacks. I repeat these same remarks today.. "We have reached the point wten people My, 'You've com* a long way* But ao have other people come a long way. "Has the gap ben getting smaller? No. It'a getting liigfr People aay we art better off today. Better off than what." The brilliant and articulate Justice pointed out that 'they: (and Macks) are laying a trap for us in every phaae of American life." When President . Harry Truman appointed me in IMS to serve on Ms committee to integrate the armed services, 1 thought it was a woodsrful opportunity for blanks and whites to fight together in order that they would have a better appreciation of one another. In going through our files a tew days ago, I saw the January t, 1043 issues of thfc Chicago Defender. What caught my eye was a front page reproduction of a U.S. Navy directive with a huge bead above it "No Race Prejudice"' Haw! Haw!" I muat read it to you. "United States Ship Henderson Naval Trao ?porta tlon Service August M. IMS, te the Crew and Navy ' Passengers of thia ship: We are acheduled to carry Negro troopa this trip. Arrangements are being made lor them now. Certain heads and washrooms will be designated for white men and certain ooew for colored men Neither race should violate this provision I am anxious to see the 1 lender ami meet tWa problem successfully, efficiently, and without trouble. These troops are good Americans and aa loyal to their country aa the white man. We need the service of every loyal American 1( regardless ot race, creed, or color*. Continued to Page t ME Bishops Open Conference With Protest March ( NEW ORLEANS - In opaning their 41st Quadrennial Conference here on W?Ml|r, June 18, bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church staged i: mmk' In protest ?*aln?l "the wiMiiilr hostafle of millions of blacks' andtbe noo-respoose of the presidential . candidates to the critical needs of Mack Americans. More than 30,000 person* including 1,500 delegates and M bishops, from the United States, Canada, the Carribean and West and South' Africa, are attending the 10-day conference The General AME Church Conference, which meets every four years, is the supreme policy and legislative body of the church Biahop Frederick H. Talbot, President of the Council of Bishops, and Bishop H.H. Brookins, Secretary to the Council, led the march of more than 5,000 parsons from the Hyatt Regency hotel to the Rivergate auditorium wbere a < press conference was held. Speaking on behalf of the AME Council of Bitftopa and the AME Church, Bishop Brookins, of Los Angeles, said: "We are unhappy that the two primary parties in America see At to ignore the moot continuing and ' Bishep H. H. Br>?fcta^^^ pressing problem on the American scene : institutionalised racism. We are ill, ??l?i mit ? ft.ae>epiv disappointed wiui um candidates and their stand, or non-stand, on the issues, but we do not intend to have our vote taken for granted ever again. We shall seek alternatives. Our vote will go to those who go for us." Bishop Brooklns said, "Therefore, in the militant and religious spirit of our founder, Richard Allen, our church is 'announcing the following program of action: I. Using means that are best known to the American public, we will continue our massive voter registration and education crusade in our church districts throughout this country, in order to help determine the outcome of the fall congressional and political 2. We shall prepare a Clack Agenda for rtWn?iwn wMl all presidential Candidates And develop our ewn system for grading candidates who would best represent the interests and needs of our two million members and black America. S. We shall formulate a platform committee to testify before the platform committees of both the democratic and republican parties sod to record their responses to our requests. 4. We shall arrange to make our political presence known at .both political conventions. 5. We shall meet with members of the U S Congress regarding the political game called balancing the bed get at the expense of summer Jobs for youth via CETA. Regarding unemployment, particularly among black youth, where the rate is almost so per cent ? America needs an urgent reminder that the volatile conditions which led to the explosion in Miami are present in every major city in America: Philadelphia, Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, New Orleans. The signs ace clear for any eyes that wish to behold APfOINTEl U.S. ASST. ITTMRETS Carte D. Moorr James R. Williams, United States Attorney for the Nor them District of Ohio, today announced the appointments of Carta D. Moore, Ann C. Rowland, and Kathleen Ann Sutula. as Assistant United States Attorneys Miss Motor*, age a, resides In North Royal too, Ohio. Until her present aiywlntmant, Miss Moore served as an Assistant Attorney General In the OMo Attorney General's Office. Civil Rights Section, Columbus. Ohio, where she was responsible for enforcing Ohio's Antidiscrimination Statute Miss Moors is s graduate of the University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, where she received her B.A. degree Cum Laude, In 1974, Ami C. Kewtaad and the OMo State University Collage of Law, Columbus. Ohio, where she received bar J.D degree in 1977 Miss Moore was declared Beet Or ml 1st in the freshman Moot Court competition and was Chief Justice of the Honor Council. As an undergraduate, she was declared Outstanding Senior Woman. Miss Moore la a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Ms. Ann c, Rowland, age a, residaa with her husband. Attorney Gordon D. Kinder, In Cleveland Heights, Ohio Prior to her present employment, Ms Rowland served aa an Assistant County Prosecutor, Cuyahoga County, from 1978 to 1900 Prom 1977 to l?ft, Ms Rowland KatkleeaA. Sulula served m a law clerk to the Honorable Blanche Krupanaky of the Ohio Court at Appeals - Eighth Appellate District. . Ma. Rowland is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, where she received a B.A. degree in 1973, and Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where she received her J.D. degree in im Ms. Rowland is engaged in various community activities which includes being a member of the Board of Trustees, Cleveland Memorial Society. Miss Kathleen Ann Sulula. age 27, resides in Independence, Ohio Until her present appointment, Miss Sutula served / them : Black ptoplt remain the last ones hired apd the flat mm fired. We cannot tit idly by and watah history repeat ItMtftn i mm m t m Am > - + 1 . 3 _ m IHc InlSvrlIIV| 9fttpUOI B Of dreamt deferred; therefore, our church is letting before the nation the demand for 1,000,000 jobs for minority youth this summer, knowing beyond doubt America has the capacity to fulfill this requirement, but wondering only if we have the will. Further, we petition aid in the form of educetional assistance to our belqegured black colleges, the breeding grounds for the genius that has historically received every benefit imafinsble. Black colleges have every right to ask a helping hand. (. We shall convene a national meeting of major black religious denominations to forge a new linkage of black leadership thst will solidify our political power base In preparation for the fall eiecttori and the subsequent monitoring and performance of those elected, j The AME Church General Conference is taking up policy questions concerning the restructuring of the church, budget for the next four years, the election of at least two new biibops ind now auignmioti ??...!? A ' ' I as an Assistant County Prosecutor, Civil Divlalon, Cuyahoga County. Ohio, from September, 1978 to the present. Her responsibilities in this employment included general civil litigation with emphasis on federal practice. Prior to that employment she served as a deputy clerk-law clerk to the Honorable Robert B. Krupansky, United States District fudge, Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, from June, 187# to September, 1978. ' Miss Sutula la a graduate of Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, where she received her B.A. degree in 1973 and Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, where she received the J.D. degree In 1970. While in law school, she received the Corptis Juris Secundum Award for outstanding contribution to legal scholarship, Class of 197V. Miss Sutula's professional activities include being Vice President of the Federal Bar Association. Mr Williams stated that Miss Moore and Miss Sutula will be assigned to the Clvl Section and Mrs Rowland to the Criminal Section Alleged Rapist Held To Grand Jury A large crowd of blacks filled the courtroom and hallway on June 24. as the preliminary waa hfeard in Akron LOCAL LEAD! Municipal < ourt CMC No. MCRA-4M2 for John M. Bennett, caucaalon, 53, of 805 Phoenix Ave., Akron, who was accused of alwfwUy , |*ptng or about June 7, 1M0. It ?u alledgedly reported strange house where she w*s forced to pose in the nude before lulled and to the vicinity of her After the testimony, Judge bound the ? 1 ?000 bond. He was ??epreaaoted by Atty. H. Allison taixel] Smith Local leaden nmnd at a quickly called press conference Akron black leadership President Derryl Tuckfu and Cazzel Smith, Sr;, Akron NAACP preeident denied that they were allegedly threaten on the life of Federal Judge Leroy Contle and that Robinson Elementary School was supposed to be blown up. The series 6f events that precipitated the press conference were descriped to the Reporter Newspaper as follows: Smith was questioned by the Akron Police Department on Thursday about the allegations. Tuckufu aaid that he received a call at 10:30 from a woman saying that "your name has been associated with the blowing up of Robinson Elementary School. FBI agents Keith Thornton contacted Tucufo early Friday afternoon about the allegations prove to the press conference request on intew. Upon' legal advice of, Tuckufu refused to be interviewed at FBI headquarters or submit to a voice print The rumors that have < allegedly been spread was that riots were supposed to be started, that Judge Leroy Contie's life ' had been threatened because of his ruling reopening Robinson school end closing Fraunfeiter, and that Robinson school is supposed to be blown up last weekend. The irony of this Is that Darryl Tukufu and Cassell Smith's names have been circulated as the onee who are supposed to carry out or initiate these activities. Smith's mention has been minimal, however, the Akron Police } Darryl Tukufu | Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) baa entered this, and Tukufu baa stated that the FBI laformed him that rumors have it that he is supposed to have hired a demolition expert to start at Judge Cootie and to blow up Robinson School. The press conference was called, according to Tukufu, "to inform the community of tbeee false allegations and to state that neither Smith nor I as individuals or the organisations that we repreeeat condone such activities aa has been charged." Smith stated that be has been supportive of the reopening of Robinson and can't understand why such rumors have been created. Reggie Brooks and William Evans spoke on the credibility of Smith and Tukufu Evans stated that "both Individuals have at times aligned them Svee with his organisation * Black Law Enforcement Officers Association) and both of them exhibit high moral character and have been an aaaet to the community." Brooks stated that history tends to show that when groups or individuals achieve some power, suthorities tend to find or create ways to destroy their credibility and character assassinate their leaders. ' Tukufu concluded by stating that he hopes that Individuals and groups- will not be frightened by the obvious scare tactica being used. According to Tukufu, "H is obvious that there is some deliberate attempt by some whites or maybe some blacks to discredit what has been accomplished by our I'rofessor Rayford Whit tinghsm Logan, nationally recognized historian and esteemed educator, has been named by the National Association (or the Advancement of Colored People as the 1980 winner of the Sptagsrn Award. Hie Spingarn modal is the 71year old association's highest honor, and is awarded each year to the 'the highest or nobleat achievement byj an American black during the preceding yekr or years.' Hw award will be presented by NAACP board president Dr. Montague Cobb > at the Association's Annual Convention in Miami Beach on July 1st. 1 Benjamin L. Hooks, ' Executive Director of the NAACP, in making the announcement saM, 'Ppofaaaor Logan has spent a lifetime in organizations It seems that the authorities are reeorting to their usual tactics of divide and conquer, scraing away influential blacks, or trying to\ find a scapegoat whan they themselves start somethli^ " Black observers call the attack the result of the recent formation of the Akron Black Leadership Forum ? My organisation of >1 black organizations to address black community cooceras. Observers recall that when the United Black Front was formed after the IMS riots, a similar character i attack on black leaders was made on the rumor that the lifes of Mayor Joba Ballard k Police Ctyaf were threatened. The FBI and APD were unavailable for comment 'myriad W. Log?n ?ervice for his people Through his strenous efforts he has enlightened the world shout the history of Macks and their contributions We appreciate that contribution, and welcome him to the family of Spingarn modal winners." Professor Logan, who it a native of Washington, D.C. and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College in Massachusetts in M17, Is the 68th winner of the prestigious sward and at 83 the oldest racepient ever to be hooored. Logan has served as secretary at the Pan African Csngreas, organised by W.E.B. OuBois, in 1*21 and l?23, taught at Virginia Union, Atlanta and Howard Universities; served aa Editor of the Journal of Negro History and Director of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History; served as an accredited correspondent at the organising meeting of the United Nations snd as a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO. LISTEN TO Reporter NEWS BREAK Every Sunday 9:3d P.M. WCUE AM 1150

Atao Suaait Count! NUiUnm h^H 3 0 t98fl_ A Ofkt In Cfkt Darkness An amari Winning ne*sp nptr - conarnej tni Mictt ti to At urfid tf tl JUNE U. 1>M IW-V ?. I WO Welcome to our 40th anniversary. I trust that that up to this point all ?f you have benefited from our program and are looking forward to the next phase. Although I find myself standing hero before you to make a speech. It Is not According to my grand design for this convention Those of you ' who know me, know how I hate to make speeches. I have many speeches,, bat don't like to because I always foal people don't rsally listen, especially us young folks. Anyway some of the publishers put the preesure on and said that as President of NNPA, I must say something. So, I am going to say something Though what 111 say, everyone may not like, but I hope they'll accept the merits of what I say. 1 need not remind any of you that these are crucial times, not solely for the survival of the black press, but equally the survival of this country. Our country'* leadership has railed miserably on domestic issues as well as on international issues The prospects of the future look even more bleak I am not standing here before you to give you a pruptiecy of doom. Just want to reacquuint you with reality. A reality that we, the representstfves of the black press, must take a more positive role in molding the future to sustain our survival. But before I give you my design for insuring the survival of the black press, let me^ake you back to our beginnings 40 short y?rs ago. The National Negro Publishers Association, as we called ourselves in those days, was founded here in Chicago at the Wabash YMCA on February 28, 1M0. 1 can never forget the date, because while I was calling the meeting together, I was called to the telephone and was told that my Uncle, Robert S Abbott, had Just puied , The late Anthony Overton, publisher of the Chicago Bee at my request, presided over the first session of the newly founded organization. I was,, of course, saddened by my uncle * death, but my grlof wak "mitigated by the intriguing prospect of the beginning of a new era of amity and unity in the black publisher's stormy history. My uncle had told me that it was impossible to get the Negro publishers, together in the same room. I had told him the day before of the meeting and the number of publishers who were attending the mocttng Henry Allen Boyd of Nash ville, Tenn. Publishing House was head of the only group of publishers at that time. He called a meeting of his group on the same dates at the Vincennes Hotel here in Chicago. Three publishers attended his Jafea H. Twifftfht meeting We had 41 I told you last year in Tulsa, Okla ., how prior to that time my uncle didn't speak to Robert L. Vann, Vun didn't apeak to Carl Murphy, and Murphy wouldn't spaak to C.B. Powell We have changed our name silica that time to National Newspaper Publlahers Aaaociation, became of changing time* and now we have added Black Preee of America. Have things changed that much? The answer to this question depends oo your own perspective To me, I am disturbed by the fact that the same worsening conditions of the negro at that time is preaent today. High unemployment of blacks, last hired, first fired, has not changed The same unions still discriminate. The motto that my uncle put in the Defender in 1M0: American Race Prejudice Must Be Destroyed," is still in the masthead of the petisudsr. Last yea; In Tulsa, I quoted from the Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall's warning to blacks. I repeat these same remarks today.. "We have reached the point wten people My, 'You've com* a long way* But ao have other people come a long way. "Has the gap ben getting smaller? No. It'a getting liigfr People aay we art better off today. Better off than what." The brilliant and articulate Justice pointed out that 'they: (and Macks) are laying a trap for us in every phaae of American life." When President . Harry Truman appointed me in IMS to serve on Ms committee to integrate the armed services, 1 thought it was a woodsrful opportunity for blanks and whites to fight together in order that they would have a better appreciation of one another. In going through our files a tew days ago, I saw the January t, 1043 issues of thfc Chicago Defender. What caught my eye was a front page reproduction of a U.S. Navy directive with a huge bead above it "No Race Prejudice"' Haw! Haw!" I muat read it to you. "United States Ship Henderson Naval Trao ?porta tlon Service August M. IMS, te the Crew and Navy ' Passengers of thia ship: We are acheduled to carry Negro troopa this trip. Arrangements are being made lor them now. Certain heads and washrooms will be designated for white men and certain ooew for colored men Neither race should violate this provision I am anxious to see the 1 lender ami meet tWa problem successfully, efficiently, and without trouble. These troops are good Americans and aa loyal to their country aa the white man. We need the service of every loyal American 1( regardless ot race, creed, or color*. Continued to Page t ME Bishops Open Conference With Protest March ( NEW ORLEANS - In opaning their 41st Quadrennial Conference here on W?Ml|r, June 18, bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church staged i: mmk' In protest ?*aln?l "the wiMiiilr hostafle of millions of blacks' andtbe noo-respoose of the presidential . candidates to the critical needs of Mack Americans. More than 30,000 person* including 1,500 delegates and M bishops, from the United States, Canada, the Carribean and West and South' Africa, are attending the 10-day conference The General AME Church Conference, which meets every four years, is the supreme policy and legislative body of the church Biahop Frederick H. Talbot, President of the Council of Bishops, and Bishop H.H. Brookins, Secretary to the Council, led the march of more than 5,000 parsons from the Hyatt Regency hotel to the Rivergate auditorium wbere a < press conference was held. Speaking on behalf of the AME Council of Bitftopa and the AME Church, Bishop Brookins, of Los Angeles, said: "We are unhappy that the two primary parties in America see At to ignore the moot continuing and ' Bishep H. H. Br>?fcta^^^ pressing problem on the American scene : institutionalised racism. We are ill, ??l?i mit ? ft.ae>epiv disappointed wiui um candidates and their stand, or non-stand, on the issues, but we do not intend to have our vote taken for granted ever again. We shall seek alternatives. Our vote will go to those who go for us." Bishop Brooklns said, "Therefore, in the militant and religious spirit of our founder, Richard Allen, our church is 'announcing the following program of action: I. Using means that are best known to the American public, we will continue our massive voter registration and education crusade in our church districts throughout this country, in order to help determine the outcome of the fall congressional and political 2. We shall prepare a Clack Agenda for rtWn?iwn wMl all presidential Candidates And develop our ewn system for grading candidates who would best represent the interests and needs of our two million members and black America. S. We shall formulate a platform committee to testify before the platform committees of both the democratic and republican parties sod to record their responses to our requests. 4. We shall arrange to make our political presence known at .both political conventions. 5. We shall meet with members of the U S Congress regarding the political game called balancing the bed get at the expense of summer Jobs for youth via CETA. Regarding unemployment, particularly among black youth, where the rate is almost so per cent ? America needs an urgent reminder that the volatile conditions which led to the explosion in Miami are present in every major city in America: Philadelphia, Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, New Orleans. The signs ace clear for any eyes that wish to behold APfOINTEl U.S. ASST. ITTMRETS Carte D. Moorr James R. Williams, United States Attorney for the Nor them District of Ohio, today announced the appointments of Carta D. Moore, Ann C. Rowland, and Kathleen Ann Sutula. as Assistant United States Attorneys Miss Motor*, age a, resides In North Royal too, Ohio. Until her present aiywlntmant, Miss Moore served as an Assistant Attorney General In the OMo Attorney General's Office. Civil Rights Section, Columbus. Ohio, where she was responsible for enforcing Ohio's Antidiscrimination Statute Miss Moors is s graduate of the University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, where she received her B.A. degree Cum Laude, In 1974, Ami C. Kewtaad and the OMo State University Collage of Law, Columbus. Ohio, where she received bar J.D degree in 1977 Miss Moore was declared Beet Or ml 1st in the freshman Moot Court competition and was Chief Justice of the Honor Council. As an undergraduate, she was declared Outstanding Senior Woman. Miss Moore la a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Ms. Ann c, Rowland, age a, residaa with her husband. Attorney Gordon D. Kinder, In Cleveland Heights, Ohio Prior to her present employment, Ms Rowland served aa an Assistant County Prosecutor, Cuyahoga County, from 1978 to 1900 Prom 1977 to l?ft, Ms Rowland KatkleeaA. Sulula served m a law clerk to the Honorable Blanche Krupanaky of the Ohio Court at Appeals - Eighth Appellate District. . Ma. Rowland is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, where she received a B.A. degree in 1973, and Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where she received her J.D. degree in im Ms. Rowland is engaged in various community activities which includes being a member of the Board of Trustees, Cleveland Memorial Society. Miss Kathleen Ann Sulula. age 27, resides in Independence, Ohio Until her present appointment, Miss Sutula served / them : Black ptoplt remain the last ones hired apd the flat mm fired. We cannot tit idly by and watah history repeat ItMtftn i mm m t m Am > - + 1 . 3 _ m IHc InlSvrlIIV| 9fttpUOI B Of dreamt deferred; therefore, our church is letting before the nation the demand for 1,000,000 jobs for minority youth this summer, knowing beyond doubt America has the capacity to fulfill this requirement, but wondering only if we have the will. Further, we petition aid in the form of educetional assistance to our belqegured black colleges, the breeding grounds for the genius that has historically received every benefit imafinsble. Black colleges have every right to ask a helping hand. (. We shall convene a national meeting of major black religious denominations to forge a new linkage of black leadership thst will solidify our political power base In preparation for the fall eiecttori and the subsequent monitoring and performance of those elected, j The AME Church General Conference is taking up policy questions concerning the restructuring of the church, budget for the next four years, the election of at least two new biibops ind now auignmioti ??...!? A ' ' I as an Assistant County Prosecutor, Civil Divlalon, Cuyahoga County. Ohio, from September, 1978 to the present. Her responsibilities in this employment included general civil litigation with emphasis on federal practice. Prior to that employment she served as a deputy clerk-law clerk to the Honorable Robert B. Krupansky, United States District fudge, Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, from June, 187# to September, 1978. ' Miss Sutula la a graduate of Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, where she received her B.A. degree in 1973 and Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, where she received the J.D. degree In 1970. While in law school, she received the Corptis Juris Secundum Award for outstanding contribution to legal scholarship, Class of 197V. Miss Sutula's professional activities include being Vice President of the Federal Bar Association. Mr Williams stated that Miss Moore and Miss Sutula will be assigned to the Clvl Section and Mrs Rowland to the Criminal Section Alleged Rapist Held To Grand Jury A large crowd of blacks filled the courtroom and hallway on June 24. as the preliminary waa hfeard in Akron LOCAL LEAD! Municipal < ourt CMC No. MCRA-4M2 for John M. Bennett, caucaalon, 53, of 805 Phoenix Ave., Akron, who was accused of alwfwUy , |*ptng or about June 7, 1M0. It ?u alledgedly reported strange house where she w*s forced to pose in the nude before lulled and to the vicinity of her After the testimony, Judge bound the ? 1 ?000 bond. He was ??epreaaoted by Atty. H. Allison taixel] Smith Local leaden nmnd at a quickly called press conference Akron black leadership President Derryl Tuckfu and Cazzel Smith, Sr;, Akron NAACP preeident denied that they were allegedly threaten on the life of Federal Judge Leroy Contle and that Robinson Elementary School was supposed to be blown up. The series 6f events that precipitated the press conference were descriped to the Reporter Newspaper as follows: Smith was questioned by the Akron Police Department on Thursday about the allegations. Tuckufu aaid that he received a call at 10:30 from a woman saying that "your name has been associated with the blowing up of Robinson Elementary School. FBI agents Keith Thornton contacted Tucufo early Friday afternoon about the allegations prove to the press conference request on intew. Upon' legal advice of, Tuckufu refused to be interviewed at FBI headquarters or submit to a voice print The rumors that have < allegedly been spread was that riots were supposed to be started, that Judge Leroy Contie's life ' had been threatened because of his ruling reopening Robinson school end closing Fraunfeiter, and that Robinson school is supposed to be blown up last weekend. The irony of this Is that Darryl Tukufu and Cassell Smith's names have been circulated as the onee who are supposed to carry out or initiate these activities. Smith's mention has been minimal, however, the Akron Police } Darryl Tukufu | Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) baa entered this, and Tukufu baa stated that the FBI laformed him that rumors have it that he is supposed to have hired a demolition expert to start at Judge Cootie and to blow up Robinson School. The press conference was called, according to Tukufu, "to inform the community of tbeee false allegations and to state that neither Smith nor I as individuals or the organisations that we repreeeat condone such activities aa has been charged." Smith stated that be has been supportive of the reopening of Robinson and can't understand why such rumors have been created. Reggie Brooks and William Evans spoke on the credibility of Smith and Tukufu Evans stated that "both Individuals have at times aligned them Svee with his organisation * Black Law Enforcement Officers Association) and both of them exhibit high moral character and have been an aaaet to the community." Brooks stated that history tends to show that when groups or individuals achieve some power, suthorities tend to find or create ways to destroy their credibility and character assassinate their leaders. ' Tukufu concluded by stating that he hopes that Individuals and groups- will not be frightened by the obvious scare tactica being used. According to Tukufu, "H is obvious that there is some deliberate attempt by some whites or maybe some blacks to discredit what has been accomplished by our I'rofessor Rayford Whit tinghsm Logan, nationally recognized historian and esteemed educator, has been named by the National Association (or the Advancement of Colored People as the 1980 winner of the Sptagsrn Award. Hie Spingarn modal is the 71year old association's highest honor, and is awarded each year to the 'the highest or nobleat achievement byj an American black during the preceding yekr or years.' Hw award will be presented by NAACP board president Dr. Montague Cobb > at the Association's Annual Convention in Miami Beach on July 1st. 1 Benjamin L. Hooks, ' Executive Director of the NAACP, in making the announcement saM, 'Ppofaaaor Logan has spent a lifetime in organizations It seems that the authorities are reeorting to their usual tactics of divide and conquer, scraing away influential blacks, or trying to\ find a scapegoat whan they themselves start somethli^ " Black observers call the attack the result of the recent formation of the Akron Black Leadership Forum ? My organisation of >1 black organizations to address black community cooceras. Observers recall that when the United Black Front was formed after the IMS riots, a similar character i attack on black leaders was made on the rumor that the lifes of Mayor Joba Ballard k Police Ctyaf were threatened. The FBI and APD were unavailable for comment 'myriad W. Log?n ?ervice for his people Through his strenous efforts he has enlightened the world shout the history of Macks and their contributions We appreciate that contribution, and welcome him to the family of Spingarn modal winners." Professor Logan, who it a native of Washington, D.C. and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College in Massachusetts in M17, Is the 68th winner of the prestigious sward and at 83 the oldest racepient ever to be hooored. Logan has served as secretary at the Pan African Csngreas, organised by W.E.B. OuBois, in 1*21 and l?23, taught at Virginia Union, Atlanta and Howard Universities; served aa Editor of the Journal of Negro History and Director of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History; served as an accredited correspondent at the organising meeting of the United Nations snd as a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO. LISTEN TO Reporter NEWS BREAK Every Sunday 9:3d P.M. WCUE AM 1150